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Press Releases
07-25-2022 Grid North Partners support MISO’s Long Range Transmission Plan
06-16-2021 Grid North Partners conference panels discuss regional transmission needs for energy future
02-22-2021 CapX2020 announces new name
03-03-2020 CapX2020 utilities release report outlining transmission grid challenges
08-30-2017 Final CapX2020 project complete
09-26-2016 More than 150 miles of new transmission line added to the electric grid
09-24-2015 CapX2020 transmission line will help create electric superhighway to the east
08‑07‑2013 CapX2020 to use helicopter to install wire across US Highway 169 near Belle Plaine
08‑07‑2013 CapX2020 to use helicopter to install wire across US Highway 169 near Belle Plaine
06‑06‑2013 CapX2020 utilities file Facility Permit for Big Stone South-Brookings County project
05‑17‑2013 Helicopters to string wire on structures near Minnesota River in Brown and Renville Counties
02‑22‑2013 Construction underway near Pine Island on Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse project
09‑17‑2012 Bemidji-Grand Rapids 230 kV line energized and placed in service
09‑12‑2012 North Dakota permits approved for CapX2020 Fargo-St. Cloud 345 kilovolt line
06‑01‑2012 CapX2020 utilities announce new transmission line project: Big Stone South-Brookings County
05‑12‑2012 PSCW approves Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse 345 kV project in Wisconsin
04‑12‑2012 MN PUC approved Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse 345 kV project in Minnesota
01‑10‑2012 Helicopter and implosives involved in construction of Bemidji-Grand Rapids 230 kV project
12‑21‑2011 Monticello-St. Cloud 345 kV project energized and in service
12‑08‑2011 MISO approves MVP projects, including CapX2020 Brookings County-Hampton project
12‑08‑2011 CapX2020 statement on MISO approval of MVP projects
08‑15‑2011 Helicopter involved in construction work along I-94 between Monticello and St. Cloud
06‑13‑2011 SD PUC grants Facility Permit for Brookings County-Hampton 345 kV project
06‑10‑2011 MN PUC grants Route Permit for Fargo-St. Cloud 345 kV project
02‑03‑2011 MN PUC approves Belle Plaine as aerial river crossing location of Brookings County-Hampton project
01‑06‑2011 North Dakota Certificate of Corridor Compatibility application filed for Fargo-St. Cloud project
11‑23‑2010 South Dakota Facility Permit application filed for Brookings County-Hampton project
11‑10‑2010 CapX2020 releases economic impact study, breaks ground on Monticello-St. Cloud project
10‑28‑2010 MN PUC grants Route Permit for Bemidji-Grand Rapids 230 kV project
07‑15‑2010 MN PUC grants Route Permit for Brookings County-Hampton 345 kV project
07‑08‑2010 MN PUC grants Route Permit for Monticello-St. Cloud 345 kV project
01‑20‑2010 CapX2020 utilities file Route Permit application for Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse transmission line
10‑01‑2009 CapX2020 utilities file Route Permit application for Fargo-St. Cloud transmission line
07‑09‑2009 Bemidji-Grand Rapids transmission line granted Certificate of Need
04‑16‑2009 CapX2020 granted Certificate of Need for 345 kilovolt projects in Minnesota
04‑08‑2009 CapX2020 utilities file Route Permit application for Monticello-St. Cloud transmission line
12‑30‑2008 CapX2020 files Route Permit application for Brookings County-Hampton project
12‑14‑2007 Conservation, renewable energy, carbon cuts featured in Xcel Energy’s Minnesota Resource Plan
09‑2007 CapX2020 utilities schedule open houses to provide information about transmission line proposals